published Oct 26th 2016, 6:14 am, by James Regan and Alan Soughley (Bloomberg) —A barrage of earnings from bellwethers including Lloyds Banking Group Plc and Apple Inc. left stocks lower around the world, with weaker crude prices doing little to help equities’ cause. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index headed for

published Oct 17th 2016, 8:30 am, by Leonid Bershidsky (Bloomberg View) — Forty-one years ago, 14 people gathered in a small room on California Boulevard in Fayetteville, Arkansas, for the wedding of an aspiring local politician and his law school sweetheart from up north. The bride was wearing a $53

published Oct 24th 2016, 8:25 am, by Jonathan Bernstein (Bloomberg View) — As Election Day approaches, we’re getting closer to when campaign operatives will begin sharing their secrets. Here are some things I’m interested in learning. Why did Christian conservatives and their allies, especially in Iowa, make the shortsighted decision

published Oct 23rd 2016, 4:30 pm, by Arlene Washington Eric Trump appeared on ABC’s This Week on Sunday where he reacted to his father, Donald Trump’s recent comments about a “rigged election” and his plan to pursue legal action against the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct. “If

published Oct 23rd 2016, 5:00 pm, by The Editors (Bloomberg View) — For a moment last week, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte seemed to have orchestrated one of the most dramatic geopolitical shifts in Asia since the end of the Cold War — abandoning the U.S., his country’s longtime ally, for

published Oct 20th 2016, 2:12 pm, by Megan McArdle (Bloomberg View) — One of the heartening developments of the last few years has been the emergence of a serious movement for prison reform on the right. These people are not simply coming over to the left-wing side; they have their

published Oct 23rd 2016, 4:00 pm, by Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Earlier this year, Mr. and Mrs. Cai, a couple from Shanghai, decided to end their marriage. The rationale wasn’t irreconcilable differences; rather, it was a property market bubble. The pair, who operate a clothing shop, wanted to buy an

published Oct 20th 2016, 4:59 pm, by Ben Brody (Bloomberg) — A top official at the Clinton Foundation said he could name “500 different examples” of conflicts of interest, including some involving former President Bill Clinton, according to more of the e-mails purportedly hacked from the account of Hillary Clinton’s

published Oct 20th 2016, 6:14 pm, by Dina Bass (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp.’s first-quarter sales and earnings topped analysts’ estimates, buoyed by growing demand for cloud-based software and services. Profit excluding certain items was 76 cents a share on adjusted sales of $22.3 billion, the Redmond, Washington-based company said in

published Oct 20th 2016, 1:47 pm, by Justin Fox (Bloomberg View) — In 1999, the unemployment rate in the U.S. was just 4.2 percent, compared with 8.6 percent in Germany and 11.3 percent in France. The labor force participation rate (the percentage of the working-age population either with jobs or